Which to use
“adapte” is a verb and “adaptées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,269
- “adapte” frequency rank
- #11,336
- “adaptées” frequency rank
- 21605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adapte | adaptées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe adapter. | Féminin pluriel de adapté. |
Where the eye mixes adapte and adaptées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses adapte with adaptées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adapte is \a.dapt\ while adaptées is \a.dap.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adapte is recorded at frequency rank #10,269, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dapt\. adaptées is at rank #11,336, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.dap.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21605, this pair ranks #362,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adapte vs adaptées
Shared letters: adept. Private to "adapte": -. Private to "adaptées": sé.
"adapte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adaptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adapte ← aadpte · adapet · adappte · adaptte · adatpe · addapte · adpate · daapte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adapte" and "adaptées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "adapte" or "adaptées"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adapte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adapte" and "adaptées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adapte vs adoptez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #362,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.